Buffer for seat covers



Feb. 14, 1939. E, BRQCK BUFFER FOR SEAT COVERS Filed March 9, 1938 1N VENTOR.

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Patented Feb. 14, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to buffers or checks for covers when in a raised position and more particularly to toilet seat covers.

Raising such covers is usually accompanied by noise, as the cover strikes an abutment, such as a flushing tank, causing embarrassment and by repeated blows seriously damage the surface of the contacting parts.

It is therefore an object of the invention to provide an eifective buffer, silent in use because of mufiling the blow, and which avoids impairing the appearance of the cover, also the part against which it makes contact.

A further feature is in the provision of means for adjusting the position of the buffer and for securing it when so adjusted.

These objects are attained by the novel construction, combination and arrangement of few and simple parts as hereinafter described and shown in the annexed drawing forming a material part of this disclosure, and in which:-

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a conventional type of water closet bowl and associ-.

ated parts, showing the application of an embodiment of the invention.

Figure 2 is a front elevational view of the same.

Figure 3 is a front view of the complete buifer device.

Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on line 44 of Fig, 1.

Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the buffer adjusting means.

In the drawing the numeral l designates in general a common form of water closet bowl, connected at its bottom with a sewer as usual, and supplied with an inlet pipe H leading from a water tank l2 from which the bowl may be flushed.

Mounted on the open upper edge of the bowl is a rim l3 having a seat l4 provided with a cover l5, both seat and cover being hinged to permit raising at will, all the foregoing parts being of well known construction.

The improvement consists in the interposition of an elastic pad 20 between the seat cover, when raised, and the abutting surface against which it contacts.

In this case the pad 20, such as rubber, is carried on the end of a bar 2! slidable in a tubular body 22 having a hook 23 at its upper end adapted to engage over the edge of the tank [2, or other convenient support above and at the rear of the seat.

The tubular body and hook may be integrally formed of tubing, finished in harmony with the fixtures, and is unobjectionable in appearance.

At the lower end of the tubular body is a boss or thickened bead 24 drilled and threaded to receive a thumb screw 25 having a point suited to adjustably engage in any of a plurality of serrations 26 formed in the bar 20, thus providing means to retain the pad at the proper height to receive the thrust of the cover when raised.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the pad can be adjusted laterally of its support by moving the hook in the desired direction, or readily removed when required; it is further apparent that the pad can be raised and lowered as may be necessary to accommodate the cover, and furthermore, positively held at the desired height.

From the foregoing, considered in connection with the drawing, the construction and application of the invention may be readily understood and its purpose appreciated.

Having thus described the invention and set forth the manner of its use, what is claimed as new and sought to secure by Letters Patent, is:-

In combination with a seat having a hinged cover and a flush tank against which the cover contacts when raised, and a resilient buffer depending from said flush tank, a tubular body extension, having a formed upper end adapted for engagement on said tank, a slidable bar, enterable into said tubular body, serrations transversely cut in said slidable bar, midway its length, a head formed at its lower end, adapted to removably secure said buffer thereon, and manually operable means whereby said tubular body and slidable bar are adjustably clamped together, said means having a pointed end, adapted to releasably engage any of said serrations.

EMIL BROCK. 

